Fran Molloy

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

In this haunting tribute, journalists across Australia - all members of MEAA - honour 180 Palestinian journalists killed by Israel in Gaza.
Thanks to @withmeaa.bsky.social for giving us this opportunity.
STOP. KILLING. JOURNALISTS

So close!! I feel like there should be a rule in these cases where everyone is sent back to the voting booths after some googling.

Help freelancers at Nine Publishing win fair rates Off the back of strike action last year, Nine management committed to engage in discussions about freelance rates and conditions with MEAA representatives. Despite this commitment, Nine management ha...

An important cause - please sign! www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/fr...

Decorated journalists call for Walkleys overhaul amid board stoush A war has broken out in the body overseeing Australia’s most prestigious press awards show, with a group of veteran journalists calling for the Walkley Foundation’s constitution to be changed.

A 'more independent' Walkley foundation sounds good at first...

But is anyone answering the follow-up question of where the foundation WOULD get its mandate from?

MEAA is the most democratic, accountable body the profession has.

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Walkleys board members resign amid tensions between union and awards foundation | Weekly Beast A push to require that a majority of directors be independent of the MEAA causes acrimony. Plus: Nine defends running Clive Palmer ads

Let's have a debate! The Walkleys would not exist without our union @withmeaa.bsky.social which created the awards and sustained and nurtured them for 70 years 1/3 Walkleys board members resign amid tensions between union and awards foundation | Weekly Beast www.theguardian.com/media/commen...

Silicon Valley scion accused of rape in downtown SF An investor-CEO who's the son of a Silicon Valley pioneer was arrested Saturday on suspicion of rape in downtown San Francisco.

A board member of The Metals Company was arrested today on allegations of rape. Quite a PR mess for the company racing to become the first to mine the deep sea.

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#deepseamining

Macquarie university Faculty of Science and Engineering comms person - 👋 hi Vanessa!!

Love it!
“how the Critique secures the status of metaphysics as queen of the sciences.”
That’s just the abstract, hoping the authors found a few more places to sneak in Bohemian Rhapsody references!

By 2026 Spotify - currently with an audience of 501 million- predict the majority of streaming will occur in markets like SE Asia - think Indonesia; Korea, Philippines; Africa; fascinating insights from Spotifys Sulinna Ong in convo with Poppy Reid @rollingstone.bsky.social
#sxswSydney

Australia’s feral horses need ‘urgent’ control: scientists welcome latest report Ecologists have praised government recommendations, but some say more concrete action — including a cull — is needed. Ecologists have praised government recommendations, but some say more concrete...

The feral horse situation in the Australian Alps has been allowed to grow to frightening proportions. Another report… this time there needs to be action. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Report: Half of plantations in Indonesia’s palm oil heartland are illegal JAKARTA — Nearly half of oil palm plantations in Indonesia’s Riau province, the heartland of the commodity’s production, is illegal, according to a new report. The report was published by a coal...

"Nearly half of plantations in Riau province, Indonesia’s palm oil heartland, are illegal, according to a new report by the Eyes on the Forest, a coalition of NGOs based in Sumatra."

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Record North Atlantic heat sees phytoplankton decline, fish shift to Arctic Scientists were shocked by the high degree of warming in the North Atlantic Ocean this summer, and are concerned about effects on phytoplankton and fish. Intensifying and lengthening marine heatwaves ...

Possibly destabilizing the entire marine food web in the arctic is a super terrifying prospect, but that's where we are currently. Read the story from Juliette Portala @mongabay.bsky.social news.mongabay.com/2023/10/reco...

I still email myself to-dos, notes, and images. And you can’t stop me.

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